Reena Rose Sibayan/The Jersey JournalJorge Garzon, 42, of Jersey City appears in Central Judicial Processing Court this afternoon via video link from the Hudson County jail in Kearny. He is accused of raping a missing Massachusetts girl whom he kept at his parents' Winfield Avenue home.

A 42-year-old Jersey City man charged with luring a 13-year-old Massachusetts girl to his Greenville home and repeatedly raping her over an 11-day period made his first court appearance today.

Jorge L. Garzon, a divorced father of three, took the Wayland, Mass., girl into his parents' Winfield Avenue home, where he has been staying, officials said.

His bail was set at $150,000.

She arrived on Nov. 5 and endured his sexual assaults until Wednesday morning, when New York City police tracked her down to the location, officials said.

On the day of his arrest, Garzon forced himself upon the girl, the criminal complaint says, adding that over the previous 10 days he had forced her to perform various "prohibited sexual acts."

Garzon appeared yesterday in Central Judicial Processing court in Jersey City via video link from Hudson County jail in Kearny.

Leaning forward with his hands clasped on his lap, Garzon asked when his next hearing would be.

"You will stay in jail until this bail is posted, and you still have this robbery charge," Judge Richard Nieto said, referring to a 1989 robbery charge authorities said Garzon has pending under an alias.

The girl, a middle school student from Wayland, Mass., went missing on Nov. 4, setting off a frantic search.

Wayland Police Chief Robert Irving said yesterday his officers, using security video, learned she had taken a train from Lincoln, Mass., to Boston and then boarded a Peter Pan bus to New York City's Port Authority Bus Terminal. He said she arrived in New York that same day.

"That's where we lost track of her," Irving said. "We worked closely with New York (police) Missing Persons and the family was instrumental in generating news coverage to get tips."

Irving said a tip received by the NYPD led officers to Garzon's home Wednesday.

Once they found the girl, the NYPD cops contacted Jersey City police and the Jersey City cops contacted the Hudson County Prosecutor's Office's Special Victims Unit, which is prosecuting Garzon.

Sources said Garzon was stunned when police showed up at his door. When they asked about the 13-year-old, Garzon tried to tell them that nothing inappropriate was going on, sources said.

Hudson County Deputy First Assistant Prosecutor Debra Simon said yesterday that her office has not yet received the police reports from the NYPD. Yesterday, the NYPD referred questions to the Wayland police.

The complaint says the charges against Garzon were based on statements of the 13-year-old, a medical examination, and crime scene evidence.

Initially, officials said Garzon was 45 years old, but today said he is 42.